This device disciplines teens with slow internet (VexBox)

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meet vexbox a kickstarter which will be retail for $79 which can controls the internet speed of your router, slowing it down to 56k and dial-up.

The VexBox has 4 speed Options

• Full Speed
• 56K
• Custom
• Off

lol

Remember, this is a tool to help motivate your teen not a replacement for Parenting. It is a tool that exists between Internet is On or internet is Off. Just like the blocking tools you use to protect them from sites you don't want them on.

Pew Research Stats on Teens and the Internet

 

• 95% of Teens are on the Internet
• 60% of Teens will be Digitally Grounded by a Parent
• 63% of Teens go Online Daily
• 67% of teenagers say they know how to hide what they do online from parents
• 73% of Teens are on Social Media

 

The time for a product like The VexBox is now.

 

 
source:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1282633724/the-vexbox-internet-throttle-for-parents

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Please no, this is worse than having no internet!

MAY INTERNET HAVE MERCY ON YER SOUL M8IES

[JeffreyEagan]

This is stupid.

[Kyuubixchidori]

Always thought how funny itd be to hook up a UPS or a router like this to a exercise bike. I can maintain a solid 200-250 watts. Its great because you could heavily downclock your parts to use less power, so you can play more, but to really enjoy it, youd have to "build up" power. I wish there was a device to measure how much power you made, then another to measure how much you consumed. be a great way to lose weight

[FlighterLuid]

Couldn't you achieve a similar result using a custom firmware on a router such as DD-WRT? (I know 90% of people won't install it, just asking.)

[zlolslavez]

why would i spend $40, LET ALONE $80, to slow down my internet? When theres probably some better method, you could even just, unplug it. Teens are getting smarter by the second.

[PhantomChevron]

If I see this, I will smash it, if I see the creator I will punch him

[Zambonie]

Doesn't matter to me. My Internet is already slow enough.

[QueenDemetria]

Or you could get a halfway decent router with a bandwidth limiter built into it. Seriously, my $30 Tenda W308R has this functionality.

[LancerBG]

makes shitty parents shittier. 

[The_Strict_Nein]

Y does it ave 2 b so vexed tho

[handymanshandle]

What if their Internet is already sort of pokey?

Either way seems a little rude it would be easier to do with out internet than to know that you have it but ye can't get shite done.

[han_han08]

hitler/troll parents would so much love these

[XTankSlayerX]

When these things go on sale, watch domestice violence shoot up.

 

Very stupid.

[Guest Kloaked]

100% sure the ones complaining are below the age of 18 and do not have any bills to pay.

[SpaceSquid]

take this to an office building and plug it in a place nobody looks, turn to dialup, ???, massive trolls

[kpreg]

Kill it with fire!

[imthewalrus]

Comcast already does this for me

[Tygron]

So make your kids use a router hooked up to this while you use something else or suffer with them? OR hinder their one connection while their phone or anything wifi works fine. (assuming you wire it up between the router and a wired PC in that scenario) haha no... useless piece of shit.

[Gullerback]

Or you could not be a pansy and just take their electronics away when they Mess up, Mistakes have consequences.

[worldwin]

Backed by Comcast*

[Bradles59]

I know my parents would love this. Me not so much... please no   

[Tech_Dreamer]

[Albatross]

What could they have done to punish them HALFWAY from not having internet? Ball up and take the internet away. I absolutely hate it when I see parents like this. You gotta set the boundaries and punish them when they act like little shits.

 

I mean honestly, what the hell kind of punishment is this? What world have I landed on? It is no wonder the world is so screwed up and pampered.

[Yoinkerman]

What could they have done to punish them HALFWAY from not having internet? Ball up and take the internet away. I absolutely hate it when I see parents like this. You gotta set the boundaries and punish them when they act like little shits.

 

I mean honestly, what the hell kind of punishment is this? What world have I landed on? It is no wonder the world is so screwed up and pampered.

 

Slow ass internet is worse than no internet.